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deserts

NOUN

what is due one

Synonyms

STRONG

chastening chastisement comeuppance compensation deserving discipline disciplining due guerdon lumps meed merit payment penalty punishment recompense requital retribution return revenge reward right

WEAK

get hers get his talion what is coming to one what one is asking for

Antonyms

STRONG

award forgiveness pardon penalty reward sympathy

Example Sentences

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As for the county of Los Angeles, about half of its 4,700-plus square miles are made up of the forests and oceans and deserts that encircle it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, a surprising scene unfolds outside the nests of small cone ants.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Only last week, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, was talking about news deserts and how nearly 300 local newspapers have closed in the last 20 years.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Southwest from the Southeast; and the deserts and high mountains fencing off U.S.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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